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Could any of you fine folk tell me what this scene in Doctor Faustus is supposed to mean? I don't get the joke.
FIRST SCHOLAR. I wonder what's become of Faustus, that was wont
to make our schools ring with sic probo.
SECOND SCHOLAR. That shall we presently know; here comes his boy.
Enter WAGNER.
FIRST SCHOLAR. How now, sirrah! where's thy master?
WAGNER. God in heaven knows.
SECOND SCHOLAR. Why, dost not thou know, then?
WAGNER. Yes, I know; but that follows not.
FIRST SCHOLAR. Go to, sirrah! leave your jesting, and tell us
where he is.
WAGNER. That follows not by force of argument, which you, being
licentiates, should stand upon: therefore acknowledge your
error, and be attentive.
SECOND SCHOLAR. Then you will not tell us?
WAGNER. You are deceived, for I will tell you: yet, if you were
not dunces, you would never ask me such a question; for is he not
corpus naturale? and is not that mobile? then wherefore should
you ask me such a question? But that I am by nature phlegmatic,
slow to wrath, and prone to lechery (to love, I would say), it
were not for you to come within forty foot of the place of
execution, although I do not doubt but to see you both hanged
the next sessions. Thus having triumphed over you, I will set
my countenance like a precisian, and begin to speak thus:--
Truly, my dear brethren, my master is within at dinner, with
Valdes and Cornelius, as this wine, if it could speak, would
inform your worships: and so, the Lord bless you, preserve you,
and keep you, my dear brethren!
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it's wagner being a little asshole is all
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wheres faust?
only god knows
so do you not know?
no, i know, but that's a separate point.
he's joking he's god.
then he makes fun of them for not getting the joke even though they purport to be scholars and smart, and tell them to confess to being pseuds
second scholar asks "so you're saying you're not gonna tell us where faust is"
wagner says "no, i will, which further proves how dumb you are"
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>>7976666
Still don't get it. Nice quads tho fucken lol
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>start with the Greeks
>"everything is fire"
>"no, everything is water"
>"no, everything is air"
So are we supposed to understand retardation? Is this why these boipussy-loving degenerates are recommended?
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no, it's the build up to nietzsche's
>everything is lies
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https://youtu.be/V9HKtPVms_Y
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You're not supposed to take the pre-socratics so serious. Read them for context and ideas that interested your field of study.
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I just finished this book and it's definitely something I'll be rereading shortly. There's a lot of philosophy and poetry in this relatively short story.
What did you think about this book and how does it compare to Mishima's other stuff?
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>>7976591
It's fantastic. Kashiwagi is the best part of the novel imo. The ending was very cathartic.
From what I've read so far I would say The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea > Spring Snow > The Temple > Runaway Horses, though I think they're all fantastic.
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>>7976591
Great book but Runaway Horses is still my favorite.
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>>7976707
>Spring Snow
That's the first in a series. Have you read the entire series?
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/lit/, I'm trying to get my Dad into reading. He's STEM fag (paying for my college education) but wants to get a better understanding of literature. Problem is, he has nowhere to start. He picked up an old copy of 'Tale of Two Cities' I had lying around and read it because he thought that's what smart people would read. He bailed out ten pages in.
What are some good, entry-level books that have understandable prose for beginners, but have enough substance in ideas that they could be considered at least kinda /lit/?
I recommended some Roth and Irving because he has an interest in 60's-70's history.
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>>7976560
Start with high-school core and then see what more classic stuff interests him.
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For whom the bell tolls
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Hey yall. Do any of you have any experiences with ebook readers? Im looking to get one.. Couldn't find any info on here so wondering what you think.
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Get a kobo aura h2o and download calibre.
Best purchase in a looong time for me.
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Or just get a kindle 2 or kindle touch from 5 years ago for 30 bucks, there isnt too much difference anymore.
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if you could forget everything you ever read and read one thing again what would it be?
i would read the Tao te Ching first
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The first time she said, "I love you".
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Reading the Tao after emptying your mind is like eating with a full stomach.
Don't get spooked and kill the Buddha.
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>>7976532
Ye. I'd rather not exist in the first place.
What are the literary equivalents of the following movements, /lit/?
>russian suprematism
>fauvism
>de stijl; bauhaus
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A-anyone?
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky's later works are known to show his Russian pride, despite him being locked away and almost executed by the government. I don't know or give a fuck what those other two things are
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>>7976834
What a non-post
Sorry, no idea how suprematism would translate to text, but for some reason it makes me think of Beckett.
And fauvism makes me think of Baudelaire.
Is 2666 as good as critics generally say?
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>>7976423
The only like the part that's about them.
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>>7976423
Of course not.
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I've never read it, but I'm gonna say no.
>read novel
>it's about a brilliant but impoverished artist who engages in numerous sexual encounters, frequently does recreational drugs, and lives a bohemian lifestyle
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>>7976386
Seriously gag me.
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>read /lit/ thread
>it's another "point out book has cliches" cliche
>complain
>read replies to complaint
>it's another "recursively point out same problem with post as the post complained about" cliche
>close /lit/
>jerk off
>come back later
>same thing again
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Im just starting Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter and I have no idea where to start. Does anybody have any specific passages to start out with? I want to get an idea of the narrative before trying to read it cover to cover.
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>>7976356
We tells you right at the beginning what his main argument of the book is, you pleb.
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this is good satire but it's still shitposting.
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>narrative
lol nerd
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Did holden fuck his sister?
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Did he do it /lit/?
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>>7976331
It's a meme you dip
>Well, I think being shy basically means being self-absorbed to the extent that it makes it difficult to be around other people.
Was he righter?
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>>7976314
Well I guess he'd know.
But yeah, I completely agree.
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>>7976314
don't make me post the copypasta
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In some cases.
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Is is good?
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>>7976277
Is it good?*
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Yes. Orwell was at his best when in journalism mode imo
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>>7976547
Agreed. Homage to Catalonia is his best work.
Has anyone here read The Cement Garden? What are your thoughts on this book? Thoughts on Ian McEwan in general?
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I read it and thought it was pretty good. Well evoked setting, depressing 70s Britain. I liked the psychology of the children/teenagers, felt horribly realistic in a way, like I could believe that incident could happen given the right conditions. Line by line I wasn't blown away by the prose but that wasnt the point I guess. It could've been 20% shorter and I'm not sure I would have missed anything. Also I wonder if its subject matter may have been more shocking at the time of publication rather than now when we are all desensitized to dark shit from being on the net all the time.
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How do you guys view the files? I've been reading them in my web browser but that's for shit
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SumatraPDF. It's great for reading any e-book format.
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On my ebook reader.